VOCAbuLaries Live in NYC

For those of you who couldn’t join us at The Rose Theater, here’s Howard Mandel’s blog post.

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  1. Mariodox says:

    Grok the AI-powered chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI has begun pushing antisemitic tropes in its responses to some users’ queries weeks after Musk said he would rebuild the chatbot because he was unsatisfied with some of its replies that he viewed as too politically correct. kraken darknet On Tuesday Grok connected several antisemitic tropes to an X account with a name it identified as being “Ashkenazi Jewish” that caused controversy with offensive comments posted online about the victims of the recent Texas floods. https://kra35att.cc kra34at hat surname? Every damn time” Grok said in response to a user who asked the bot to identify a woman in an unrelated image. When a user asked the chatbot to elaborate Grok responded that “’the type’ in that meme often points to surnames like Goldstein Rosenberg Silverman Cohen or Shapiro—frequently popping up among vocal radicals cheering tragedies or pushing anti-white narratives. Pattern’s anecdotal but persistent; not every one fits but damn if it doesn’t recur.” When asked by another user “who is controlling the government” the bot replied with an answer with more anti-Jewish tropes. “hat surname? Every damn time” Grok said in response to a user who asked the bot to identify a woman in an unrelated image. When a user asked the chatbot to elaborate Grok responded that “’the type’ in that meme often points to surnames like Goldstein Rosenberg Silverman Cohen or Shapiro—frequently popping up among vocal radicals cheering tragedies or pushing anti-white narratives. Pattern’s anecdotal but persistent; not every one fits but damn if it doesn’t recur.” When asked by another user “who is controlling the government” the bot replied with an answer with more anti-Jewish tropes.

  2. Vernonbluck says:

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  3. DanielDathy says:

    Full-time staff numbers are down too; as of June the parks service had 12600 full-time employees which is 24 fewer staff than they had at the beginning of the year. трипскан вход That’s the lowest staffing level in over 20 years according to Kristen Brengel senior vice president of government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association. https://tripscan.xyz трип скан Some parks including Yellowstone have increased their staff this year. But with low staffing levels at other parks unlikely to meaningfully improve this year Kym Hall a former NPS regional director and park superintendent told CNN she worries park rangers and other staff could hit a breaking point later this summer. “By mid-August you’re going to have staff that is so burned out” Hall said. “Somebody is going to make a mistake somebody is going to get hurt. Or you’re going to see visitors engaging with wildlife in a way that they shouldn’t because there aren’t enough people out in the parks to say ‘do not get that close to a grizzly bear that’s on the side of the road; that’s a terrible idea.’” The National Park Service did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on its staffing levels. Meanwhile visitors are arriving in droves. Last year set a new record for recreation visits at nearly 332 million smashing the previous record set in 2016. Hall said the process of hiring thousands of seasonal workers for the summer takes months typically starting in the previous fall or winter to fully staff up. “Even if the parks had permission and even if they had some funding it takes months and months to get a crew of seasonal workers recruited vetted hired boarded into their duty stations trained and ready to serve the public by Memorial Day” Hall said. Compounding the staffing issue is the fact that many park superintendents some of whom oversee the most iconic parks like Yosemite have retired or taken the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offers. That leaves over 100 parks without their chief supervisor Brengel said. And amid the staff losses staffers normally assigned to park programming construction and trail maintenance as well as a cadre of park scientists have been reassigned to visitor services to keep up with the summer season.

  4. Kevinclins says:

    “We know that the water levels seemed to be higher than they were last summer” Silva said. “It is a significant amount of water flowing throughout some of it in new areas that didn’t flood last year.” tripscan войти Matt DeMaria a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque said storms formed in the early afternoon over terrain that was scorched last year by wildfire. The burn scar was unable to absorb a lot of the rain as water quickly ran downhill into the river. Preliminary measurements show the Rio Ruidoso crested at more than 20 feet — a record high if confirmed — and was receding Tuesday evening. Three shelters opened in the Ruidoso area for people who could not return home. https://tripscan.live трипскан The sight brought back painful memories for Carpenter whose art studio was swept away during a flood last year. Outside the air smelled of gasoline and loud crashes could be heard as the river knocked down trees in its path. “It’s pretty terrifying” she said. Cory State who works at the Downshift Brewing Company welcomed in dozens of residents as the river surged and hail pelted the windows. The house floating by was “just one of the many devastating things about today” he said.

  5. StanleyDip says:

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